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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Veldt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, “There’s no Africa in the nursery”?
(a) Lydia
(b) Peter
(c) David
(d) George

2. How do they get to their bedrooms?
(a) In an air closet that sucks them up to their sleeping chambers
(b) By taking the stairs
(c) Through a wall in the nursery
(d) By telepathically transporting

3. What do George and Lydia think is broken?
(a) The stove
(b) The dining room table
(c) The nursery machinery
(d) The front door

4. What have Peter and Wendy had for dinner at the carnival?
(a) They have not had dinner yet
(b) Bread and butter
(c) They have had protein smoothies
(d) Hot dogs and strawberry ice cream

5. What is the nursery a reflection of?
(a) Books the children read
(b) The good things in society
(c) The children’s psyches
(d) The bad things in society

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the children doing when Dr. McClean arrives?

2. Who says the following: “But nothing’s too good for our children”?

3. What do the beds “try” to do?

4. Who says, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”?

5. What form of writing is The Veldt?

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